Lab Manager

Department
 

SSD Psychology: Staff and Temporary Employees

About the Department
 

The lab manager will be working closely with Shigehiro Oishi, Marshall Field IV Professor of Psychology, and his lab (culture, social ecology, and well-being) at the Department of Psychology. The department of psychology is a unit under the Division of Social Sciences. It consists of five areas: cognition, computational cognitive neuroscience, developmental, integrative neuroscience, and social psychology. Professor Oishi's lab is in social psychology, which is the scientific study of how social environments shape our thinking, feeling, and behavior on one hand, and how our thinking, feeling, and behavior shape our social environments on the other hand.

Job Summary
 

The job provides technical support activities related to scientific research projects. Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Assists in drafting presentations on research findings.
The person hired is expected to organize activities of the culture, social ecology, and well-being lab, including scheduling of lab, assistance in data collection and analysis, and literature search.

Responsibilities

• Organizing daily lab activities.

• Assisting pre-registration, data collection, data cleaning, data visualization, and data analysis.

• Assisting literature search, editing study materials, papers and chapters.

• Supervising and training undergraduate research assistants, scheduling shifts, monitoring their day-to-day activity, and approving time.

• Provides technical and administrative support for a research project.

• Assists with the installation, sets up and performs experiments; interacting with students and other laboratory staff under the direction of the principal investigator

• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in related field (not typically required to have a four-year degree).

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related disciplines.

Experience:

• At least two years of research experience.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Desired qualifications include familiarity with Quatrics

• Multivariate statistics, modeling, and/or one or more computational approaches (e.g., machine learning, computerized text analysis, agent-based modeling)

• Experience with coding, processing, and managing data using R.

Preferred Competencies

• Excellent upper-undergraduate level knowledge of psychology.

• Demonstrated skills and knowledge to appreciate cultural diversity.

• Excellent organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.

• Excellent writing and communication skills.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover letter (required)

• References (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family
 

Research

Role Impact
 

Individual Contributor

FLSA Status
 

Non-Exempt

Pay Frequency
 

Biweekly

Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

35

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

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